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Teddy Thompson's "Never Be the Same" is easily one of the year's best albums (Photos by Ethan Covey/Royal Potato Family)

Teddy Thompson, music's best-kept secret

Jason Kyle Howard

A longtime critical darling, the singer-songwriter’s latest album “Never Be the Same” deserves to be widely heard

In this photo illustration, packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland. (Photo illustration by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

SCOTUS overrides abortion pill mail ban

Nicole Karlis

The ruling came after weeks of uncertainty over mail order mifepristone's legal status

Insurers frequently deny or delay cancer care to patients, including breakthrough immunotherapies like Keytruda (Shivansh Gupta/PA Images via Getty Images)

Lower drug prices won't fix cancer care

Kenneth E. Thorpe

As breakthrough drugs offer critical hope to patients, lawmakers should focus on shoring up the social safety net

The Christian right and the GOP are seeking to reframe America as a Christian nation (Getty Images/Javier Art Photography)

Christian right hijacks America's 250th

Amanda Marcotte

Trump's Rededicate 250 event erases the U.S.'s secular history

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An aerial view shows Alan Montag, a third-generation Iowa farmer, planting soybeans on farmland he leases on May 06, 2026 near West Bend, Iowa. As the spring planting season moves into full swing, farmers are facing big spikes in fuel and fertilizers costs overs last spring due to the war with Iran. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump's war pushes farmer to the brink

Garrett Owen

Skyrocketing costs, unfair markets, and poor policy are pressuring farmers thanks to the ongoing conflict

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a hearing with the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Why is RFK Jr. worried about sperm?

Mariel Padilla, Jennifer Gerson - The 19th

Experts weigh in on Kennedy’s claims about sperm and fertility

Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in "Michael" (Glen Wilson/Lionsgate)

Pop culture's guilt trip is over

Melanie McFarland

"Michael" and the Potterverse are booming. Apparently, we're done feeling bad about what that means

President Donald Trump with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (Kenny HOLSTON / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump goes to China — for help

Heather Digby Parton

The president, smarting from setbacks in war and tariffs, visits Ji Xinping ready to make deals

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Florida's new high school history course presents the nation's founders as opposed to slavery (Getty Images)

Florida sanitizes slavery's history

Chauncey DeVega

A rival Advanced Placement curriculum is offering a dangerous view of the Constitution and America's founders

U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) speaks alongside former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) (R) during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act. (Heather Diehl / Getty Images)

Trump's real test in the Massie primary

Russell Payne

A Massie victory, Republican strategists say, would speak more to the district than to Trump’s influence

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents are seen working as passengers wait in long lines outside of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on March 23, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

CBP detains woman for voting

Jen Fifield - ProPublica

The permanent resident told authorities that a DMV worker said she could vote

Joy Jar (anamariategzes/Getty Images)

Stop trying to make joy jars a thing

Andi Zeisler

The container of affirmations — or is it a glass of grievances? — sums up the emptiness of algorithm-driven content

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"The View" cohosts Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin (Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Images)

ABC stops bending the knee

Sophia Tesfaye

ABC is finally fighting back against censorship and pressure from the Federal Communications Commission

President Donald Trump (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Assassination conspiracies? Blame Trump

Amanda Marcotte

False flag stories reveal a deeper truth about Trump’s failing presidency

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary speaks after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on April 18, 2026. (Photo by Jim Watson/Getty Images)

FDA exit could threaten abortion access

Shefali Luthra, Barbara Rodriguez - The 19th

Marty Makary plans to resign from his post as FDA commissioner

Vehicles sit parked at fuel pumps as regular gasoline prices above $6 per gallon and diesel prices above $7 per gallon are displayed outside a Mobil gas station in Redondo Beach, California on April 30, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/Getty Images)

Gas tax holiday won't cure pump pain

Robert I. Harris - The Conversation

Here’s what goes into the price of a gallon of gas

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Paul McCartney (Jim Dyson/Getty Images)

Paul McCartney turns memory into melody

Kenneth Womack

"This was a lot of memories of Liverpool for me," he remarked in a recent Abbey Road Studios listening session

Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a speech at Coin Street Community Centre in London, May 11, 2026. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

Starmer is doomed. Who wants his job?

Andrew O'Hehir

Britain’s PM can't contain the damage after disastrous election. But ousting him will create a huge mess

Bob Dylan (Gary Miller/Getty Images)

Dylan’s baffling social media experiment

Caryn Rose

Dylan's cryptic content has turned his Instagram and Patreon into a captivating puzzle, fueling endless speculation

Refrigerator (Ashlie Stevens )

Five meals, one fridge clean-out

Ashlie D. Stevens

A no-spend week of pastina, shakshuka and pantry alchemy

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President Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

What's a bored Donald Trump to do?

Heather Digby Parton

As U.S. surveillance flights over the island increase, the president could be betting on action to regain his mojo

Resolving the nation's democracy crisis will require convincing urban and rural Americans alike that they have more in common than what divides them (Getty Images)

Healing democracy through dialogue

Chauncey DeVega

The U.S. seems hopelessly divided. These Americans think otherwise

California voters deciding whether to approve Proposition 50, a measure that would replace the state’s current congressional district map with new, legislature-drawn lines from 2026 through 2030. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The GOP still has a voter problem

Russell Payne

Legal wins won’t matter if Republicans can’t get people to vote for them

A security camera is seen on McAllister Street in San Francisco, California, (Photo by Gabrielle Lurie/Getty Images)

AI can lead to false arrests

Maria Lungu, Steven L. Johnson - The Conversation

AI algorithms such as facial recognition systems produce probabilities, not facts

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